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No. 651,384. .Patented June l2, I900.

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IVILLIAM RABIOl-I, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGN OR TO THE ARTISTIC ENAMELING WORKS, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,384, dated June 12, 1900. Application filed December 22, 1898. Serial No. 700,048. No mod lranges; and it consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

I In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my complete invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the doors. Fig. 3 is a detail crosssection through a portion of one of the frames for the doors. Fig. 4 is an edge view of one of the doors. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of one of the pins which Fig. 6 is a detail cross-section of a portion of the door and frame for same about its hinged portion. Fig. 7 is a vertical section of the range, taken through the over and draft fiues of the same. Fig. 8 is a combined side elevation and vertical section of the frame and door of the coal-box. Fig. 9 is a combined side elevation and vertical section of one of the lower doors and frame for same. Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view of the frame and bearing for the doors. Fig. '11 is a horizontal crosssection taken on the line 00 a: of Fig. 1, showing one corner of the range and the manner in which the several parts are connected and Fig. 12 is a vertical section of the fire shield 01' plate which is carried and operated by the door for the fire-box.

The object of my invention is to construct the doors of a range in such a manner that the outer surfaces thereof may be perfectly smooth in order that they may be practically enameled in any shade or color, whereby the range will not only present a neat and attractive appearance, but can be easily cleaned, thus dispensing with the laborious work which has been necessary to keep other ranges in a clean and attractive condition.

The parts comprising the doors are so constructed as to be attached from the inside without the outside presence of screws or other fastening devices.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a range the draft-fl ues of which are of the usual construction, and 2 a hinge-damper, to which is attached a rod 4, leading to one end of the range and operated by a sliding knob 5, located at that end of said range and in easy reach of the operator.

The sheet metal 6, which comprises a greater portion of the range, is preferably enameled on its outer surface, and the me tallic frames 7, which form the trimmings,

are preferably nickel-plated, which gives the range a very neat and attractive appearance. The said frames 7, which surround the various openings in the front of the range and which are adapted to be covered by the various doors, (which are of sheet metal and likewise enameled,) are similarly constructed and are fastened or removably secured to the front of the range and in their proper position in respect to the openings formed therein by screws 8, which are inserted from the inside of the range and are passed through openings formed for their reception in the sheet-metal portions of'the same and are screwed into said trimmings. In order to secure the corners of the range together, bars 9 are employed, which preferably run the full height of the range proper, and the metal which forms the body portion of said range is bent at an angle at a suitable distance from the edges thereof and are adapted to be overlapped at their bent portions, through which portions screws 10 are passed through suitable openings formed for their reception and are screwed into the bars 9, thereby forming a movable connection for those porv tions of the range, as clearly shownin Fig. 11.

The various sheet-metal doors which comprise the range are likewise similarly construeted and are hinged to the opposite sides of the frames 7, adjacent to the lower portionsthereof,in amannernow to be described. In forming the sheet-metal doors 7 tongues or extensions 11 are left, which are located at the opposite lower edges of the same and form a continuation of the lower edges of the plates which form the doors, and adjacent to said tongues the metal is sufliciently depressed outwardly, after which the said tongues are bent upwardly and toward the depressed portions 12, flush with the inner surface of said door, forming sockets 13, having each a rounded and flatinner surface, which sockets are adapted to snugly but removably receive the reduced or similarly-shaped ends 14 of the pins 15, with their rounded ends projecting from the opposite edges of the doors, whereby the said pins may be removed from the doors before the latter are subjected to the process of enameling. Located at the lower opposite corners of the frames 6 are sockets 16, which are adapted to receive the rounded projecting ends of the pins 15, whereby the doors are properly united to the range. Removably located within the fire-box and arranged in the inside thereof and in contact with the inner surface of the metallic wall 6 of one of the sides of the range is a frame 17, the lower portion of which is provided with a rod 18, over which the hook extension 19, forming an integral part of the metallic fi're guard or pla te 20, is removably hooked, thereby forming a hinged connection between said guard and frame The fire-guard and its door 7' are movably connected to one another by side plates 21, which are attached to said door and project inwardly therefrom and are each provided with inclined slots 22, which receive the pins 23, projecting from the opposite sides of the fire-guard 20. By this arrangement thefireguard 20 not only protects its door 7, but on account of its hinged connection, or, in other words, its weight being in the rear of its hinged connection, the door 7' is held in a closed position. Furthermore, it is to be noticed in this connection thatwhen the door 7' is in a closed position there is a sufficient amount of space between the fire-guard and door for the circulation of air, which will operate to keep said door comparatively cool. When the door 7 is open, the fire-guard 20 is carried by the same, the lugs 24, forming a part of the same, being adapted to rest upon the lower edge of the frame 7, whereby the weight of said guard is relieved from the door when the latter is in an open position, as clearly shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 8.

The range as constructed is provided with the usual soot-opening 25 and door for same and also an opening and door 26 for the ashpan. Located above the opening and doorcovering for the ash-pan is an opening surrounded by a frame 27, havinga hinged door 28, which can be regulated to give the required draft to the fire below the same. The door 28, covering the draft-opening, and door 26, covering the ash-pit, are each provided witha segmental plate 29, which is secured to and carried by the same and is provided with an extension 30, the inner edge of which is adapted to come in contact with the inner wall of the body of the range for limiting the movement of the doors when in an open position. The segmental plates 29 also operate to hold the doors in any adjusted position, the sides of which are in yielding frictional contact with the sides of the openings through which they pass, or, more properly, the vertical walls of the same.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a range, a sheet-metal door, tongues forming a continuation of the same, depressions formed in said door adjacent to the tongues, the latter being bent back over said depressions flush with the inner face of said door, forming sockets, and pins adapted to be received by the sockets thus formed with one of their ends projecting a suitable distancc from the opposite edges of the door, as

and for the purpose described.

2. In a range, a sheet-metal door, tongues forming a continuation of the same,,depressions formed in said doors adjacent to the tongues, the latter beingbent back over said depressions, flush with the inner surface of said door forming sockets having rounded and flat inner surfaces, and pins, one end of which corresponds in shape to the said sockets, and having their opposite ends projecting a suitable distance from the opposite edges of the door, as and for the purpose described.

3. In a range, a fire-box opening, a sheetmetal door, thelower edge of which is hinged to the range, and adapted to cover said openin g, a frame removably located within the firebox, adjacent to the opening formed therein, a fire-shield, the lower edge of which is hinged to the said frame, slots formed in the opposite sides of the hinged doors, and pins projecting from the opposite sides of the fireshield, and adapted to be received by the slots carried by the door, as and for the purpose described.

4. In a range, a fire-box opening, a sheetmetal door, the lower portion of which is hinged to the range, and adapted to cover said opening, a frame removably located Within the fire-box, adjacent to the opening formed therein, a fire-shield, a hooked extension projecting from the lower edge of the same, means carried by said frame with which the hooked extension cooperates, slot-s formed in the opposite sides of the hinged door, and pins projecting from the opposite sides of the fireshield, and adapt-ed to be received by said slots, wherebya space is formed between the door and shield when the former is in a closed position, substantially as described.

5. In combination with a hinged door, side fire-shield, and adapted to be received by the In slots formed in the side plates, carried by the door, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM RABICH.

plates attached to the inner surface of the same, and projecting therefrom, inclined slots formed in the same, a frame adapted to be located Within the fire-box, adjacent to the opening formed therein, a fire-shield, a hooked extension projecting from the lower edge of the same, a rod carried by said frame, with Witnesses: which the hooked extension cooperates, and O. F. KELLER,

pins projecting from the opposite sides of said ALBERT" O. HAUMUELLER. 

